Has anyone ever had this break?

KenGod · Aug 8, 2009

working on my pond project this morning, I was pushing dirt mounds around with my 2375 bh, all of a sudden I heard a LOAD SNAP and the bh was floppy, I took a look and almost pooped myself. I have a call into the dealer, still have 2 years left on my warranty, hopefully it will be covered, looks expensive, looks like my pond project is on hold till its fixed.
If I had to guess the lower arm pin came out and when I moved the bh left/right it snapped the hydro arm

Charlesaf3 · Aug 8, 2009

ouch. That looks painful.

seems to me like it'd be a warranty issue

KenGod · Aug 8, 2009

My dealer (Hoover Tractor) just called me back, they will pick the tractor up on Monday, fix it and have it back by Wednesday.

Love my dealer, but I dont know what to do with my weekend now that I cant dig my pond.
o well there is always next weekend, guess I will have to go and mow the grass

two_bit_score · Aug 8, 2009

KenGod said:
My dealer (Hoover Tractor) just called me back, they will pick the tractor up on Monday, fix it and have it back by Wednesday.

Love my dealer, but I dont know what to do with my weekend now that I cant dig my pond.
o well there is always next weekend, guess I will have to go and mow the grass

That's great service and they seemed to be right on top and prepared for it. Wonder how often they have seen that type of break on thise BH's?

MarkV · Aug 8, 2009

Dealer service sounds great. When you say "pushing dirt mounds around with my 2375 bh" if you mean using the side swing and the side of the bucket to grade, that puts a lot of force on that pin and swing cylinder. We all do it to some degree but at least my manual does not recommend it.

MarkV

LBrown59 · Aug 8, 2009

Sorry to hear about that.

kenstrac · Aug 8, 2009

Yes had a customer break one on a Kubota and I broke one on my JD 510 .

deputyrpa · Aug 9, 2009

Wow! Even I couldn't manage to do that!

Good thing you were not handling something delicate, or working with helpers!

Isn't there a grease fitting for that pin?

It's dry as a bone. The wear is significant, and all of the other pins appear to be well greased. I would call that a design flaw, and would have a greasable pin installed.....

KenGod · Aug 12, 2009

Tractor will be back home tomorrow am, I asked the service mgr what he did, He told me that they weld the cylinder end back together, At first I wasnt sure if I liked that, he went on telling me they rebuild hydro on a regular basis, when they get the chrome portion of the hydro cyl it does not come with the end on it, they weld the proper type of end on it for a specific application. He said kioti would send a hole new assemble bu he guaranteed me that the welded tip is at least as strong as factory.
Well looks like it will be back to my pond project this weekend

20 20 · Aug 13, 2009

Seems to happen often and not to just 1 type{make or model}.

JoelD · Aug 13, 2009

AS long as that boom pin is lubricated and fastened, I can not imagine how that cyl. would snap. There are hoes with literally thousands of hours on them, tons of abuse, sloppy pins, the whole nine yards and a cyl like that would not snap.

You are obviously correct, pin fell out, everything miss aligned and cyl. snapped.

Pin should not have fallen out in the first place.

Good reminder for all of us to be sure to check everything possible for tightness and lubrication.

Joel

PA hayseed · Aug 15, 2009

Sorry to hear that.

Did you try ductape?

The Haymaker · Aug 15, 2009

JoelD said:
AS long as that boom pin is lubricated and fastened, I can not imagine how that cyl. would snap. There are hoes with literally thousands of hours on them, tons of abuse, sloppy pins, the whole nine yards and a cyl like that would not snap.

You are obviously correct, pin fell out, everything miss aligned and cyl. snapped.

When you swing, does the cylinder shaft pass over the pivot pin? I'd suspect the pin worked up, you swung and cylinder hit pin, snapping the high carbon steel rod.

Good reason for a thorough inspection before each operating session.

As for the welding, there's no reason it won't hold as long as it was welded with a buzz box and not a mig...... Hee hee hee!!!!

Baranx4 · Aug 15, 2009

KenGod said:
My dealer (Hoover Tractor) just called me back, they will pick the tractor up on Monday, fix it and have it back by Wednesday.

Love my dealer, but I dont know what to do with my weekend now that I cant dig my pond.
o well there is always next weekend, guess I will have to go and mow the grass

Did your dealer charge you for pickup and delivery?

KenGod · Aug 15, 2009

Baranx4 said:
Did your dealer charge you for pickup and delivery?

NO charge, they never do. I live about 5 miles from the dealer, another reason why Hoover Tractor is awesome.

JoelD · Aug 17, 2009

The Haymaker said:
When you swing, does the cylinder shaft pass over the pivot pin? I'd suspect the pin worked up, you swung and cylinder hit pin, snapping the high carbon steel rod.

Good reason for a thorough inspection before each operating session.

As for the welding, there's no reason it won't hold as long as it was welded with a buzz box and not a mig...... Hee hee hee!!!!

Good point, had not thought that through. One thing with strong metal pieces, they are super tough when lined up correctly, get something out of line and man they can look auful weak super fast.

Joel